DARK PARTY TIME! | The Sisters of Mercy @ Temple of Love 1992 | FIRST TIME REACTION

[@elendil_lehtinen]

No doubt that this is one of the most important and heartfelt requests of my entire life.🦇🖤🕸 The Sisters of Mercy are not only a matter of the heart and a somberly beautiful passion of mine which I bathe in every single day, they are also my biggest legends in art and the iconic trailblazers of the magical Goth subculture I'm part of for decades. What Andrew Eldritch got off the ground even with just a few albums is absolutely incredible and incomparable, and it's no wonder that thousands of bands were influenced by the Sisters in the subsequent time. I could make a list as long as a Gothic Novel, mentioning all the legendary Sisters songs that are seducing me on a regular basis, but "Temple of Love" is indeed my affaire de coeur and it would probably be THE one song I would take to a desert island if someone would force me to make a choice between all the shiningly dark jewels in my beloved collection. Andrew is a legend of music history, an absolute icon, a pioneer and an overwhelmingly creative mind that inspires countless dark souls even decades after the last "real" album "Vision Thing". The mélange with Ofra Haza is indeed pure perfection and their combination of outstanding vocals brings me to my knees every single time I listen to this dancefloor-killer - but what is really casting a spell over me is the ambivalence of emotions "Temple of Love" evokes within me. It speaks to the deepest core of my sentiments of being Goth, and while having this dark allure and irresistible danceability, it also elevates my spirit with a dark romanticism I've never felt before. Thank you both for treating my lifeblood with so much respect and giving us a reaction full of love.🖤🕯🌙 "Temple of Love" and the Sisters mean the world to me and will be a spiritual centre of my life forevermore. Many people nowadays don't even know what this masterpiece meant to the 80's and 90's, but magic like this will remain for eternity. 🦇🌒"In the temple of love, you hide together Believing pain and fear outside But someone near you rides the weather And the tears he cried will rain on Walls as wide as lovers' eyes..."🌘🦇

[@artemusprine]

They allow me to give the world a knowing smirk while still trying to take everything as seriously as I can. And i adore everyone who loves them half as much as I do.

[@austinwiththehat]

Temple of love and this corrosion both have permanent residency in my playlist

[@pyrolunaLOTL]

One of my most favourite bands and one of my most favourite songs ever! It was also the first Sisters song I ever heard many years ago. There's nothing quite like it! 🖤🎆⛈️

[@HandleyR]

Who prefers the original 1983 version. 🤔😁 Also if you didn’t know the drum machine is called doktor avalanche.

[@j_clarkson]

Yeah, I have to take issue with the assertion that the 93 version is the one that was always played, certainly in the goth clubs I was at in the 90s the 83 version was much more common (and, in my opinion, far superior).

[@HandleyR]

@@j_clarkson I am 56 so was lucky that my clubbing days started in the 80s and only had the better version.😁

[@andrewarnott6106]

This one all the way for me. Not just for Ofra Haza, but the production is so much better, the sound so much fuller. I know some people have a love of raw production, and that's fine. I'm just not one of them.

[@artemusprine]

I like the old one better. But also know Von was smitten with this singer. Little doubt he only redid the song to have good a reason to ask her to work with him. Guys will do stuff like that.

[@RitaFMachado]

A classic, I danced (and headbanged, my metal heart can't resist) so many nights to this song?!!!

[@stevenic6643]

This song is one of the most unique imaginable,,it has eastern european vocals,A haunting lead vocal, A DnB vibe, rock, goth i mean it has everything a music lover could dream of, whoever wrote and arranged this track is a complete genius,

[@iangrumpypirate568donovan3]

Written by Andrew Eldritch and Gary Marx

[@iznone]

RIP Ofra Haza!

[@artemusprine]

Such a great voice...

[@mariaeduardaruiz1389]

Oh my God ❤ I love this band so much. Thanks for react, this is awesome.

[@kengray9652]

This Corrosion was the first song. Feel in love with them instantly.

[@hannuhanttamakela2673]

Remembering Ofra Haza...

[@thomashoffmann3656]

This brings back memories. Oh my god so long ago, I can't believe! If you'd ask me on which so to react next, it would be 'More' (expanded version) and 'This Corrosion'

[@timthomsonart]

Amazing band - this is iconic but their early stuff needs to be explored - and those great drums you mentioned, it's a drum machine, which adds so much to their sound. Check out Alice, my fave by them.

[@dakkon77blackblade20]

I absolutely loved that song... Remember sitting at a mates house in 92 his Kenwood HiFi set to the limit and his shocked mum storming in his room.😂 Man great times... Besides the homework of cause... 🙃

[@Vincentxxxxx]

My favorite is "Floorshow" from "Some Girls Wander by Mistake".

[@deanlowther4020]

Alice b side

[@BrendonChase_2015]

Nice! Been a "seasonal" fan of TSoM for decades. Post autumnal equinox when the Northern Lights start hitting big time signalled SoM season. Always new it was that time ot year again, whenever Floodland hit the speakers (orig. + expanded later). Funny thing: started playing it again abt a week ago. Cheers!

[@MrsMcKittenz]

I was 41 when this came out, still love it.

[@norahagberg9897]

I absolutely love this band!

[@catschorus4684]

Touched by the hand of Ofra Haza 😇

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

The subtitle has to be a Riff on the PWEI song "Touched by the hand of Cicciolina' itself a football song released for the world cup hosted in Italy.

[@deanmaynard8256]

I saw them live last year and the gig tshirt had "love is always over in the morning" in it.

[@jeffcohnphoto]

Its hilarious how you avoided the G word. The original has been my ringtone for about 15 years lol goth goth goth goth goth goth goth

[@gazfunk]

You should do Preacher Man by Fields of the Nephilim if you like that vibe.

[@staxuk]

Absolute f*cking tune this song. One of the best 80s bands by far

[@Daniel-mx4oy]

Andrews vocals is so fantastic. ❤

[@swenartmann1670]

Great reaction. Greetings from Germany

[@iranjohn]

It’s hilarious---from the early 80s to now, the definition of Goth has changed so much. In 92, there would be no question of this being got or not. Also, many bands feature Ofra Haza. Why don’t you try on The Fields of the Nephilim Preacher Man, or Shriekback Nemesis (whose style is a bit amorphous)?

[@artemusprine]

"If that was playing at a party I'd probably stay..." Look into the band's origins. I think their front man would be the one to most likely appreciate that. Also that's not the album length its the extended club length. (That was a thing once.)

[@seelenwinter6662]

gothic time in my youth was so great.... and nowhere else you could find hotter girls than in the goth community.. ^^

[@racheladkins6060]

Young people getting into my generations music. Bring back the 80s. I was born in 1970s. They’re not gothic, they hate that label, tell Andrew Eldritch he’s goth and he’ll laugh in your face. Sisters of Mercy are an 80s! band.

[@trendydelquendy]

What's this, 160bpm or so? Big epic goth songs do this kind of pace well, I'm thinking of Bauhaus "Lagartija Nick" too.

[@dcanmore]

this is the longer 12-inch extended version, there is also a four-minute edit that was the chart single.

[@stevejh2760]

You guys should check out The Mission, Tower of Strength is very similar to this. Another 'Goth' band and Wayne hussy the singer left Sisters to form them.

[@scarrab76]

The Sisters are my funeral band

[@gannetsquadron]

The Temple of Love was a floor filler in the rock clubs of Glasgow & Edinburgh in the 90’s

[@daytonasunset]

Perfectly described by you both.

[@ronniefleming623]

Check out their cover of a hot chocolate song Emma.

[@sarah_i_loenneberga]

First And Last And Always 🖤

[@roguecomics4775]

All this head bobbing just made me lmao. I couldnt take this seriously. Just watch those heads. lol

[@enterthecronic]

It was the extended version too 😆

[@scarrab76]

Andrew Eldritch is a GOD

[@artemusprine]

David Bowie wanted to be famous. Andrew Eldritch doesn't care what you think.

[@swenartmann1670]

Always when I hear this song, I have to dance, to move. One of the most important songs of my life.

[@theSFCchannel]

You love this>? Try the Doom-death/ Gothic Metal group PARADISE LOST! Pl is MUCH MUCH darker

[@geraldshearer1455]

lost its magic

[@TheSudsy]

The original was better this is a nineties remix with guest vocalist doing the higher melodies. Still good, but for us Zoomer Boomers the eighties man!

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

Yeah, the lead singer has a very limited vocal range, but he uses it well.

[@barryskan4360]

The Original is much better. This version is top 40 Goth!!

[@nw11]

The version of the 80's was much better.

[@XX-wz5ik]

Original is so much better! Goth floor classic!